Insider Software Knowledgebase / Smasher for Mac OS X / What are the symptoms of cache problems on the Mac?
Search:     Advanced search Contact Us
Loading
Browse Categories:

What are the symptoms of cache problems on the Mac?
When files in font and preference caches become corrupt or fall out of sync with their original files, a number of serious problems can occur on your Macintosh, including:

•    Font menus in applications fail to update correctly

•    Fonts fail to activate in applications as expected

•    Incorrect fonts can appear in documents

•    Text can flow incorrectly from line to line in a document

•    Mysterious font substitutions can occur

•    Documents can appear differently from one usage to the next

•    Specific fonts can behave inconsistently

•    PDF print jobs don’t distill correctly

•    Applications can display incorrect warnings that fonts are corrupt

•    Fonts can print or appear on screen improperly

•    Applications can hang or crash
Also read
document How do Mac OS X font and preference caches cause problems?
document Do Mac applications ever use their own special fonts?
document How did fonts work prior to Mac OS X?

Others in this Category
document How do I disable Apple's Font Book?
document How do Mac OS X font and preference caches cause problems?
document Why does Mac OS X store individual font styles separately?
document How does Smasher break up old Mac OS 9 suitcases?
document Which font formats does Smasher support?
document Do Mac applications ever use their own special fonts?
document How did fonts work prior to Mac OS X?
document How do font files appear in Mac OS X?
document How do I navigate the Smasher interface?
document How does Smasher’s Suitcases, Fonts and Styles Pane work?
document What Does Smasher Display in its Properties Pane?
document How does the Preview Drawer in Smasher 1.x work?
document Using the Smasher 1.x Preview Drawer
document How do I add fonts to Smasher 1.x?
document Can I add fonts to Smasher by drag and drop?
document How do I remove fonts from Smasher 1.x?
document What happens when I Smash font suitcases?
document How do I Smash fonts with Smasher?
document Can I Smash fonts by drag and drop in Smasher 1.x?
document How does Smasher 1.x create new font-file suitcases?
document I am seeing a styles not smashed report after trying to smash some fonts. What does this mean?
document Can I convert dfonts to Mac TrueType fonts using Smasher 1.x?
document How can font caches cause problems?
document How can I clear my font caches using Smasher?
document How can Mac OS X font caches affect applications?
document How can Adobe font caches cause problems?
document What kind of things can happen with Microsoft Office font caches?
document What sort of problems will I see if QuarkXpress caches become corrupt?
document What sort of things can go wrong with CUPS spool files?
document How can I schedule cache clearing with Smasher 1?
document The noises with Smasher were cute the first hundred times I heard them. How do I turn them off?
document What are dfont files? Do I need them?
document Is Smasher compatible with Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6)?
document What's new in Smasher 2?
document How do I apply Smasher 2 settings for all users on my Mac?
document How do I add fonts to Smasher 2?
document How do I remove fonts from Smasher 2?
document How do I print a catalog of my fonts using Smasher 2?
document How can I clear Mac OS X font caches using Smasher 2?


RSS
Powered by KBPublisher (Knowledge base software)